Either we humans are stupid from top to bottom, or I’m gaslighting myself by believing what I interpret from the things I read, hear, and see. Just this morning, I’m reading from (potential future billionaire) Prince William that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson should focus their wealth not on inhabiting space but set to work trying to fix our planetary problems. To be fair, it’s not only U.K. royalty that I’ve read this from, but by now, I’m starting to feel abused by this line of thinking. Since when is wealth supposed to take a leadership position in situations that must be directed by political means?

This followed in the footsteps of a server where I took breakfast telling me that Biden in the White House correlates with the current rise in prices and, therefore, must be a causation factor. While maybe I made it clear enough to them that this was a global issue, not an isolated one, where supply chains and manufacturing that were put on hold due to the pandemic are all coming back to life just as pent-up demand is surging while the fear of pandemic resurgence is tempering confidence. But this line of thinking requires thought and solid backing information that delves into complexity while missing a political narrative that serves particular constituencies; so, would the person consider my points or gravitate towards the simple explanation?

The anti-vaxxer crowd would have everyone believe that they’ve found the unicorn of truth living right here in the United States. Laypeople masquerading as experts in the medical sciences claim special knowledge of a vast conspiracy to trick professionals in 194 other countries to go along with some nefarious plot to take control of the planet, using COVID  to reach their goals because controlling production, distribution, currency, resources, global travel is not enough for the powerful cabal of overlords who must also control what vaccines we’re forced to take.